438 pages 22 cm

A masterpiece of historical insight and scientific accuracy, this is the definitive work on Greek astronomy and the Copernican Revolution. Beginning with the ancient Egyptians, it ranges from the Pythagoreans and Plato to medieval European and Islamic cosmologies, concluding with detailed surveys of the works of Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler

The earliest cosmological ideas -- The early Greek philosophers -- The Pythagorean school -- Plato -- The homocentric spheres of Eudoxus -- Aristotle -- Herakleides and Aristarchus -- The theory of Epicycles -- The dimensions of the world -- The Ptolemaic system -- Medieval cosmology -- Oriental astronomers -- The revival of astronomy in Europe -- Copernicus -- Tycho Brahe and his contemporaries -- Kepler -- Conclusion

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-430) and index

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